ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

PAUL B. KANNOWSKI PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #683

DATES: 1956-1959

SIZE: 8 items

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Paul B. Kannowski Papers were separated from the UND Biographical File and deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection (Acc.#81-841).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED COLLECTIONS:

OGL#1454, Frances Kannowski Papers
OGL#1476, Max Kannowski Papers

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Paul Bruno Kannowski was born on August 11, 1927 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was the son of Max and Frances Kannowski. He attended Grand Forks Central High School, participating in the junior class play, the golf team, and was student chair of the war bond and stamp drive. He graduated in 1944.

Continuing his education, he enrolled at the University of North Dakota, and was involved in the religious student organization Canterbury Club and was a member of Sigma Chi. Kannowski entered the United States Navy on August 21, 1945. He separated at Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 20, 1946. He returned to the University of North Dakota and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Science, Literature, and Arts on June 10, 1949. He received a Masters of Science degree in biology from UND in June 1952, and a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in February 1957.

Kannowski was an assistant professor of biology at the University of North Dakota from 1957 to 1960, and then became an associate professor until 1969. He became professor until his retirement in 1990, and was named Professor Emeritus of Biology in 1991. He was chair of the department from 1963 to 1970 and 1982 to 1988.

Kannowski received numerous honors and awards, including the Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship of the National Science Foundation (1966-67), the Award for Outstanding Scientific Research from the UND Chapter of Sigma Xi (1978), and the Professional Award, Central Mountains and Plains Section, of the Wildlife Society (1988).

Actively involved in many organizations, Kannowski held memberships in the Entomological Society of America, North Dakota Academy of Science, the Nature Conservancy, and the American Society of Zoologists.

Kannowski and his wife, Phyllis, have two children.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Paul B. Kannowski Papers consist of eight articles written by Kannowski on the study of ants, especially in North Dakota and Michigan.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

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1. "The Ants of Ramsey County, North Dakota." The American Midland Naturalist: July 1956.
   "The Use of Radioactive Phosphorus in the Study of Colony Distribution of the Ant Lasius Minutus." Ecology: January 1959.
   "The Flight Activities of Dolichaderus (Hypoclinea) Taschenbergi (Hymenooptera: Formicidae)." Annals of the Entomological Society of America: November 1959.
   "The Mating Activities of the Ant Myrmica Americana Weber." Ohio Journal of Science: November 1957.
   "Notes on the Ant Leptothorax Provancheri Emery." Psyche: March 1957.
   "Swarming of the Ant Stenamma brevicorne (Mayr)." Entomological News: November 1958.
   "Notes on the Ant Novomessor Manni Wheeler and Creighton." Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan: June 1954.
   "The Flight Activities and Colony-founding Behavior of Bog Ants in Southeastern Michigan." Insectes Sociaux: 1959.

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